| Show ill G KING OF THE BELGIANS WHO BT bout VISIT ISIT THIS COUNTRY COUTRY y I IT n anal Inn I I HULK Dame flame Rumor has hns It that ten terr I I Leopold I n king of the lie lIel nth glans Is le noon to honor this bis country with th 1 hla hb pretence It call n lAj u Ij I barely possible po this thin re rel reo report I ti v l V i port ort will prove lIra premature nil ne nehe If tt he lie hos hoe several tinier times previous oV w ow ly 13 I on O tho point of rotting out a n 1 i call on Uncle Sam but ns nil often otten coun i sup u n n his hili orders for for or the tho voyage A and resumed his temporarily discarded mil Ii crown He Ile has bins however a great ad ael ck ct for tor the worlds biggest b bi i P h He lie and the tho moving motive moth for tor his trip trill tripA trillA A hither at this time Is In said mild to he be not only tI to 10 In our southern waters bill b billt t tf t f I to examine Into Inlo our OUI shipping Ian laws a and andt merchant marine marIno and to Inform himself t 1 at rust lint II rat hands ns as to 10 the wonderful rul e c growth crowth ot of our navy Small ai os Is his kingdom with only Inhabitants KB its seaboard 6 of if It less leas lo s than fifty miles and fewer than lit ue u half h a dozen seaports Kung King Leopold yet ret If j 1 linn hap ambitions for tor n a navy nil and designs de Ti L A for lor colonial expansion lint he himself has confessed tho the plain unvarnished truth I 1 I am a 1 had bad tailor and terribly of or inn I do mer Ah Ali those awful rul bo live or six days on the ocean Prom From which it will appear r that t he dous dOlls not Intend to accompany I the Ihl hi crew of hi his hili beautiful yacht on the voyage arrow across ncr i I the pond but lake the swiftest steamer 4 might have hae caused him serious trouble It U In la no secret In Booth that his hili CH es escapades have been heen too loo numerous to mention Perhaps there la in not In nit nil the world noM noMso so 60 prominent n a 1 parsonage p who has hall so II often otten and so 80 flagrantly tho the feelings of loyal and self Kelt respecting t subjects as n has ms King Leopold I reigning are regular inasmuch ns as he ho rises risen and early and works work hard at affairs of 0 mate lI nt f r Ho lie Is a model of leniency y ns as a aking aking king unU declaring that so o long fong longus ns us ho he no blood blOd shall be shod shed with within the confines Of f his ls con ou Pr H Ito has raised rained Belgium to a position among nations and nd a he lie has hns Sono ono much to embellish his 1 prec 1 Princess ss Leopold 1 r 1 I t tk Dm 11 her I I I tl I Kirt Iti 11 iko k 2 c crIO V ado M 1 wa wano no rIO t itra arc aro jL If F I vcr vor Ml Ie he heIso Iso 1110 ho hp hon h r f r rI 1 t n K KIpp t I Ipp I 1 I II p pT i lD D A t At I I T t Ul 12 1 y Tn F MyM E El Ef t 1 m 6 ni tl tl If ve vi veI sU sUIt sUt I X a I IOp I t It Op d a oe s r er r j t t lo 10 1 i 8 l Princess Clementine princess Step 1 KINO KING LEOPOLD AND HIS INTERESTING FAMILY Should he decide after all nil not to visit us It will be a great t Leo Leopold Leopold poll Hut But there are arc persons persona ungallant enough to more than Ihan hint that if he ho can stand It we can cnn There are those In fact who declare that many man unexplained ed eti Incidents crop up In his career carler which If It he had been lowlier born bornA A sovereign of ot the Belgians n Born Dorn In InIS 18 IS s It would seem Slem that he Is now old enough to have outlived the volcanic ardor of youth but such Is not the case cue He Ue la hIli a bundle of or contrarieties a 1 peculiar pecullar pecullar lar compound ot or sobriety abstemious abstemiousness ness neB elevated ideals bus base Inclinations and reckless Indulgence Jilt His habits i ir r kingdom and capital with parks and gardens palaces and architectural mod models models I els here comes In the fatal tatal defect detect In his character he frequently gives rento his passion for clandestine cl adventure He has hRs often otten Insulted the nobles or of off his court li by forcing or upon them warden vorden en hardly entitled d to the tM re rA SaT sped t of society and has h even een gono gone so BO far tal It If rumor Kt mUa true truo as us to bring his hl unhappy consort Queen Henriette to the verge ergo of or As ts 11 to his three beautiful daughters no nu tongue can tell the tho and contusion confusion ho he hohns has caused them by his hili affairs It U has hns happened more hioN than once that his hta ministry has haA pent to the he lUn vho und under r r He lIel Blums constitution Is III thu tho sole sale tlc that Important and urgent mens meas measures ures awes Awaited his signature only to tb tl learn that he hI was away on n journey of ot pleasure with companions of shady shody reps ep At one time otter after he ho had been absent for tor t r weeks he be way was asi finally beat located beatt ed d t In Geneva where he lie had bad Indulged In Ina Inh a it prolonged debauch with a II friend more enore to 10 his hi liking than the tho venerable coun cotta councilors chars of et C Belgium Yet sorrow lien hao marked the tho king of or Belgium for lor KB Its own mill anti the charitably Inclined nrc ore prone to ascribe his hla erratic behavior to desperation engendered by li repented misfortunes He lIe lost his h only son don on and heir by death and the heir apparent nt today todo is la his nephew Prince Albert of ot Klander 1 who was married a 11 year ago to the Duchess Eliz Elizabeth J lIz abeth Another and antl his favorite neph nephew ew ow was killed Jellied In a n quarrel his second daughter the rho Princess Stephanie was as married to Crown Prince of ot Austria who died so 80 mysteriously a afew I Itow afew few tow years ago aso his hi eldest daughter Louise ran away auay from rom her har husband with another man as companion Clem Clementina Clementina entina the youngest and his darling nearly lI arly perished In the fire tire that destroy destroyed ed cd a 11 portion of ot his palace at Lacken Lueken and am she has hili felt tolt so GO humiliated on net ac ao account count of her fathers rs conduct that she ahe threatens to retire to n a convent And yet the gay I y old king kin brother to crazy Carlotta Corlotta maintains his hitherto Invin attitude of defiance presenting a abold abold I Ibold bold front to fate ala and antl all the world He lie H 19 called a n handsome man even now note with his hili tall lall erect form torm his serious strong face with HH Its set sneer so re rev to 0 men but ut BO Be 8 fascinating to 10 tow w women onion Ills His verve verve ero and dash his demo dono simplicity ot of manner his hili apt ap profitableness his bile kindness of ot heart his Ills love of ot lowers flowers and nature his hl en encouragement of ot art arl and struggling gen cen lUll lus and ani his hili consideration for tor the wel welfare v el elfare fare tare of ot his already deeded all nil his real estate to his bin coun country country country try and promised to make mke It his heir all these qualities have endeared Ring King Leopold to his t people ople despite his known fallings failings In the way vay of dissipation tion tionA tlonA A Ad a n scion of ot tho the German burgs ho he is III allied d to nearly all RII the thrones ot of Europe being a cousin ot or King Edward of England At Aa a 1 grand grandson son of or Louis Philippe of France he In lm Inherited great wealth much of ot which he has spent In improving his kingdom dom and promoting his empire of the Iron Kon Kongo go lie He Is years old but nets acts like sixty Ho lie likes to travel and may Inay yet yot extend his Journeys to this country but meanwhile should Leopold not come and should any anyone one desire tomake to tomake tomake make Ids his acquaintance he Is more likely like likely ly I to be found In gay aay Paris than In Bru Brussels sels for tor it Is only a a step to the brilliant French capital and he likes the society f he ho finds 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